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Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.
alderleaf buckthorn

       
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Photo of Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

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Distribution:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CA, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

View 20 genera in Rhamnaceae, 19 species in Rhamnus
 

Classification:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rhamnales
Family Rhamnaceae – Buckthorn family
Genus Rhamnus L. – buckthorn
Species Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér. – alderleaf buckthorn
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
alder buckthorn              Endangered
Tennessee:
alderleaf buckthorn              Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

The related entity italicized and indented above is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Iowa:
Rhamnus
buckthorn              Primary noxious weed1
 
1 except R. frangula
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

Rhamnus
buckthorn

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,OBL OBL OBL OBL FACW NO NO NO NI FACU OBL NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28562.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Rhamnus alnifolia L'Hér.

Poisonous Plants of North Carolina: Rhamnus species

 
 
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